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Lawyers for the family of Robert Champion want $8 million from Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University to settle the wrongful-death lawsuit in the fatal hazing of the former drum major. University officials and FAMU's board of trustees were not immediately available to comment on the proposed settlement, obtained by the Orlando Sentinel through a public-records request Wednesday, But any payment greater than $300,000 would have to be approved by the Florida Legislature. The university, Florida's only publicly funded, historically black college, has 30 days to accept or reject the offer. Champion, 26, was beaten to death Nov. 19, 2011, by fellow members of the Marching...

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